CVE-2017-15101 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Liblouis

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
CNA7.8
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
LiblouisRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+3 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDliblouis/liblouis< 2.5.4
▶Ubuntuliblouis/liblouis< 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2
▶CVEListV5liblouis/liblouis2.5.4

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.5

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hxf5-6w8g-jf87: A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-15101: A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2↗2018-07-27
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OSV
CVE-2017-15101: A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2↗2018-07-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184↗2017-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2017-15101: liblouis - A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Re...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15101 liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184↗2017-11-08
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